Amherst, Ohio melodic death metal project doubling as the creative engine behind Amniote Editions, a label operation with an almost scientific approach to releasing music. Their catalog reads like a research database — catalogued with genetic nomenclature — but the music itself delivers genuine melodeath power.

Tampa, Florida melodic death metal project. Walking among titans in the city that raised them.

Jamestown, New York deathcore and melodeath project. Piercing beauty from the southern tier of Western New York.

Greenville, South Carolina melodic death metal outfit whose 2016 self-titled EP captures a band channeling Scandinavian melodeath traditions through a Southern lens. The Palmetto State may not be melodeath's obvious home, but Amorpheus makes a strong case.

Crushing Technical / Avant-garde Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.

Springfield deathcore project from the Massachusetts underground.

Death metal act that migrated from the Clearwater/Tampa corridor to Austin, Texas, carrying Florida's legendary death metal DNA into the Lone Star State. Their two albums — Age of Overload and Lords of Destiny — blend old-school Florida brutality with a fresh perspective.

And Hell Followed With is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2006 from members of several local extreme metal acts. The band released Domain and Proprioception before splitting in 2012, then reuniting in 2018 and releasing Quietus in 2022. Their music blends the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-style death metal with the rhythmic aggression of American deathcore.

Gothic Metal project from the American underground.